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Museums\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Philadelphia Museum of Art –<\/a>\u00a0 Educational Resources Bring your classroom lessons to life with the museum\u2019s vast array of educational resources. Nurture your students\u2019 learning with PreK\u201312 virtual lessons, exhibition materials, themed resources, and more.<\/p>\n

Virtual Tours: Famous Landmarks and National Parks of Wyoming<\/a> – Learn more about the amazing National Parks on this virtual Tour of Wyoming – Old Faithful, Yellowstone, Grand Teton National Park, the State Capitol.<\/p>\n

The Louvre:\u00a0<\/a>You don’t have to book a ticket to Paris to check out some of the famous pieces in the world’s largest art museum. The Louvre has\u00a0free online tours\u00a0of three famous exhibits, including Egyptian Antiquities.<\/p>\n

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum:<\/a>\u00a0The works of Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian,\u00a0Jeff Koons, and Franz Marc are just some of the 625 artists whose work are a part of the Guggenheim’s\u00a0Collection Online.<\/p>\n

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History<\/a>:\u00a0Move at your own pace through the 360-degree room-by-room tour of\u00a0every exhibit in the museum.<\/p>\n

Van Gogh Museum:<\/a>\u00a0You can get up close and personal with the impressionist painter’s most famous work thanks to\u00a0Google Arts & Culture.<\/p>\n

Getty Museum:<\/a>\u00a0Los Angeles’s premiere gallery has\u00a0two virtual tours, including “Eat, Drink, and Be Merry,” which is a closer look at food in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.<\/p>\n

The Vatican Museum:<\/a>\u00a0The Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica, and Raphael’s Room, are just some of the sites you can see on the\u00a0Vatican’s virtual tour.<\/p>\n

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum:<\/a>\u00a0Madrid’s must-see art museum has the works of some of the continent’s most celebrated artists like Rembrandt and Dali\u00a0available online.<\/p>\n

Georgia O\u2019Keeffe Museum:<\/a>\u00a0Six virtual exhibits\u00a0are available online from this museum named for the “Mother of American modernism.”<\/p>\n

National Museum of Anthropology<\/a>, Mexico City:\u00a0Dive into the pre-Hispanic history of Mexico with\u00a023 exhibit rooms\u00a0full of Mayan artifacts.<\/p>\n

British Museum, London:<\/a>\u00a0The Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies are just a couple of things that you’re able to see on a\u00a0virtual tour\u00a0of the museum.<\/p>\n

NASA:<\/a>\u00a0Both Virginia’s\u00a0Langley Research Center\u00a0and Ohio’s\u00a0Glenn Research Center<\/a>\u00a0offer online tours for free. Also, you can try some “augmented reality experiences” via\u00a0The Space Center Houston’s app.<\/a><\/p>\n

National Women’s History Museum:<\/a>\u00a0Have a late International Women’s Day celebration with\u00a0online exhibits\u00a0and\u00a0oral histories\u00a0<\/a>from the Virginia museum.<\/p>\n

Metropolitan Museum of Art:\u00a0<\/a>Though the Met Gala was cancelled this year, you can still have a peak at the The Costume Institute Conversation Lab, which is one of the institution’s\u00a026 online exhibits.<\/p>\n

High Museum of Art, Atlanta<\/a>:\u00a0This museum’s popular online exhibits include\u00a0“Civil Rights Photography” \u2014 photos that capture moments of social protest like the Freedom Rides and Rosa Park’s arrest.<\/p>\n

Detroit Institute of Arts:<\/a>\u00a0Mexican art icon Frida Kahlo is the focal point of two of the four available\u00a0online exhibits.<\/p>\n

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam:<\/a>\u00a0The Golden Age of Dutch art is highlighted in this museum which includes the work of\u00a0Vermeer and Rembrandt.<\/p>\n

National Museum of the United States Air Force:<\/a>\u00a0You can’t take a ride in Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidential airplane, but you can check it out, in addition to other military weapons and aircraft, online in the Air Force’s\u00a0official museum.<\/p>\n

MoMA\u00a0(The Museum of Modern Art):<\/a>\u00a0New York’s extensive collection is available for\u00a0view online.<\/p>\n

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston<\/a>:\u00a0The\u00a016 virtual exhibits\u00a0include a special section on 21st Century Designer Fashion.<\/p>\n

The Musee d’Orsay\u00a0 –<\/a>\u00a0The Musee d’Orsay, which displays collections of art from the period 1848 to 1914.<\/p>\n

The National Gallery of Art<\/a>\u00a0 – The nation’s museum \u2013 preserves, collects, exhibits, and fosters an understanding of works of art.<\/p>\n

The Brant Foundation<\/a> – Art Activities<\/p>\n

The National History Museum of Utah<\/a> –\u00a0\u00a0Designed with middle-schoolers in mind, the free daily classes are taught by museum educators, and cover such cool subjects as dinosaurs and ancient forests. The classes run each weekday at 9:30 am MDT, but if you can’t make it to the live classes, they’re all archived online for viewing anytime.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Philadelphia Museum of Art\u00a0<\/a>is one of the largest art museums in the country \u2014 and an absolute must-see on the city\u2019s cultural circuit. A major bonus: The institution hosts much of its\u00a0stellar collection online<\/a>.\u00a0Search by artist\u00a0to find masterworks from Mary Cassatt, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and more, or search by collector to learn which types of works some of the museum\u2019s benefactors favored. For a real highlight, go on an in-depth, guided tour<\/a> of the attraction\u2019s entire collection of\u00a0South Asian Art, with detailed looks at the museum\u2019s epic\u00a0Pillared Temple Hall\u00a0as well as\u00a0guided looks\u00a0at architecture, paint and more.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens<\/a>\u00a0 –\u00a0Take in artist Isaiah Zagar\u2019s\u00a0mosaicked masterpiece\u00a0on South Street\u00a0online\u00a0via a virtual 360-degree tour. The attraction\u2019s captivating tiled passages \u2014 weaving both over- and underground \u2014 inspire creativity from every angle. Downloadable activity pages invite virtual visitors to make a mosaic at home, complete a Magic Gardens maze and color some cool illustrations.<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art<\/a>s –\u00a0Take to the internet to peruse the stunning and varied\u00a0collection\u00a0of historic, modern and contemporary American art that lives at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), and see works by masters like Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt, Alice Neel, Andy Warhol, and Kehinde Wiley.\u00a0PAFA\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>\u00a0features a wealth of videos \u2014 past artist talks, discussions with curators and lectures \u2014 for your viewing pleasure as well, and don\u2019t miss the\u00a0live online events and conversations. There\u2019s a\u00a0360-degree virtual tour\u00a0<\/a>of the Historic Landmark Building and Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building available online, too.<\/p>\n

PENN Museum<\/a> –\u00a0Set aside time to travel through time \u2014 thousands of years, give or take \u2014 in the digital archives of the\u00a0Penn Museum, home to a million objects and artifacts from around the globe. Start your\u00a0online exploration\u00a0<\/a>with the anthropology and archeology museum\u2019s\u00a0collection highlights, like the 25,000-pound, 3,000-year-old\u00a0Sphinx of Ramses. Virtual visitors can also take a close look at pieces from Mexico, Central America, Africa and other parts of the world as they learn about ancient civilizations, economies and colonization and watch\u00a0fascinating videos\u00a0that include archival footage of early 20th-century native life in the Phillippines and the excavation of royal tombs in southern Iraq.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0National Museum of American Jewish History\u00a0<\/a>posts all its videos to its\u00a0Facebook page, including a speech by 2019 exhibit muse Ruth Bader Ginsburg, interactive experiences from the Jewish New Media Festival and thought-provoking discussions on historical and current topics like anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n

National Marian Anderson Museum<\/a> – On Easter Sunday in April 1939, Marian Anderson \u2014 truly one of the world\u2019s greatest contraltos \u2014 overcame racial barriers to give a command performance at the Lincoln Memorial. Learn more about the great singer\u2019s history and home on the museum\u2019s website anytime and be sure to watch the video archive of live concerts in the\u00a0Performance Corner.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0National Constitution Center\u00a0<\/a>\u2013 dedicated to the four most powerful pages in America\u2019s history \u2014 hosts\u00a0weekly podcast episodes and videos<\/a>\u00a0that visitors can enjoy from anywhere. Discussions and lessons explore important historical moments like women\u2019s suffrage and the Vietnam War, as well as current U.S. Supreme Court cases \u2014 all through the lens of the United States Constitution. Additionally, the\u00a0Interactive Constitution\u00a0space<\/a> offers insight from constitutional experts and a deep-dive into drafts of the historical document.<\/p>\n

Take a\u00a0virtual tour<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0Museum of the American Revolution\u2019s<\/a> 118,000-square-foot attraction in\u00a0Old City<\/a>\u00a0for an up-close look at museum highlights like George Washington\u2019s Headquarters Tent, the replica Boston Liberty Tree and nearly 500 artifacts from the earliest days of America\u2019s independence. Educators and caregivers can also download the\u00a0Beyond the Battlefield classroom kit\u00a0<\/a>for young students who want a virtual field trip with Lauren Tarshis, author of the children\u2019s novel series\u00a0I Survived\u2026<\/p>\n

Independence Seaport Museum<\/a> Philadelphia\u2019s\u00a0maritime heritage museum<\/a>\u00a0has an\u00a0expansive digital collection,<\/a> including nearly 700 maps and charts documenting waterway changes and the city\u2019s contribution to naval history, as well as other works and artifacts that explore the Delaware River\u2019s role in the African American journey through the Middle Passage, enslavement, emancipation, Jim Crow and the civil rights movement.<\/p>\n

Historic Germantown Sites<\/a> –\u00a0Several of the historical sites in\u00a0Germantown<\/a>\u00a0offer online resources and video experiences for visitors to enjoy from home. Cliveden\u2019s\u00a0activity sheets<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 coloring, word searches, crossword puzzles and more \u2014 encourage creativity while teaching kids about the American Revolution; Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion\u2019s\u00a0online resources<\/a>\u00a0dive into topics like the Emancipation Proclamation and how to write messages in Morse code; and Stenton\u2019s History Hunters\u00a0virtual classroom<\/a>\u00a0is full of engaging and educational videos and lessons about Pennsylvania history.<\/p>\n

The Franklin Institute<\/a>\u00a0 –\u00a0Want to see some club moss get set on fire? Science fans \u2014 as well as fans of (always safe!) explosions \u2014 have lots of virtual options to enjoy courtesy of\u00a0one of the oldest and most beloved science institutions\u00a0in the country. The Franklin Institute\u2019s\u00a0#SparkOfScience\u00a0series highlights fascinating experiments like the ones conducted for visitors at the attraction, while interactive activities\u00a0explore the depths of the human mind. And always be on the lookout for insightful videos and Q&As with Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts and Chief Bioscientist Dr. Jayatri Das on the museum\u2019s\u00a0social channels.<\/p>\n

The Fabric Workshop and Museum<\/a> – The only\u00a0museum\u00a0of its kind in the world, this contemporary art institution is dedicated to the presentation and creation of innovative art. Explore its ambitious\u00a0permanent collection<\/a>\u00a0of sculptures, drawings, paintings and hand screen-printed fabric textiles online, then dive into the\u00a0work<\/a>\u00a0of the museum\u2019s current and former artists-in-residence.<\/p>\n

The Clay Studio<\/a> –\u00a0It\u2019s easy to experience\u00a0Old City\u2019s ceramic sanctuary online<\/a>, thanks to a robust\u00a0digital catalogue\u00a0of its permanent collection highlighting more than 700 clay objects. Pottery lovers can also find a series of how-to clay tutorial videos, as well as live-streaming conversations with education assistant Shannon Jones (every Friday at 2 p.m.) on The Clay Studio\u2019s\u00a0YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bucks County Cultural Sites\u00a0 – Take 3D tours of more than 30 cultural and historical sites throughout Bucks County, all accessible through\u00a0Visit Bucks County\u2019s website<\/a>. Step inside the\u00a0Michener Art Museum<\/a>\u00a0to view an incredible collection of works by Pennsylvania impressionist painters and\u00a0stroll the trails of\u00a0Core Creek Park\u00a0<\/a>to explore more of what the county has to offer. One not-to-miss highlight: the architecturally fascinating\u00a0Fonthill Castle<\/a>,\u00a0home to Gothic doorways, 32 sudden stairways, dead ends and 44 rooms \u2014 each in a different shape.<\/p>\n

The Barnes Foundation<\/a> –\u00a0The endlessly impressive permanent collection at the\u00a0Barnes Foundation<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 featuring 181 Renoirs, 69 C\u00e9zannes and 59 Matisses, along with works by Manet, Degas, Seurat, Prendergrast, Titian and Picasso \u2014 is all\u00a0available online<\/a>. Website visitors can sort by colors, lines, light and more (an homage to Dr. Albert C. Barnes\u2019 mission to connect art and intellectual stimulation), and test out a neat slider tool that shows visually similar and surprising works side by side. Pro tip: Don\u2019t miss the African ceremonial masks, part of Barnes\u2019 private collection curated in the early 1920s.<\/p>\n

American Swedish Historical Museum<\/a> – Get closer than ever to the colorful murals at the\u00a0American Swedish Historical Museum\u00a0with the attraction\u2019s\u00a0virtual guide<\/a>. Start with the ceiling mural created by portraitist Christian von Schneidau before diving into 140 smaller murals representing Swedish and Swedish-American history. The museum tells the story of the New Sweden colonists who settled the Greater Philadelphia area in the mid-1600s even before William Penn arrived.\u00a0“The American Swedish Historical Museum offers an assortment of children and family focused activities through the year. Our Toddler Time is held the third Tuesday of each month to help enhance Pre-K early learning skills. ASHM has transitioned the program to online videos and activity resources that can be found on the American Swedish Historical Museum Facebook page and website\u00a0https:\/\/www. americanswedish.org\/education\/ families”<\/a><\/p>\n

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University<\/a> –\u00a0\u00a0Learn more about burrowing owls, follow along as scientists discover a new species of fish and take a tour of Philadelphia\u2019s natural history museum through\u00a0The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University\u2019s\u00a0Google Arts & Culture site<\/a>. The digital destination features a handful of storybook-like experiences, as well as close-up photos and descriptions of many of the species and fossils featured in the attraction\u2019s Center City building. The\u00a0collection of diatom photos<\/a>\u00a0gives virtual visitors a whole new appreciation for algae. (No small task!)<\/p>\n

The Brooklyn Museum<\/a> –\u00a0Virtual First Saturday<\/p>\n

Intrepid Museum<\/a> – Virtual Astronomy Live<\/p>\n

Watercolor Studio 42:\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>This a weekly hour long watercolor instructional program hosted by Ben Macomber an instructor at Rhode Island School of Design.\u00a0 We call him the “Bob Ross” of Attleboro.\u00a0 There are 200+ episodes and each episode receives thousands of view.<\/p>\n

National Geographic<\/a> – Inspiring Family Exploration<\/p>\n

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Bourque, K. (2020, April 3). Famous Museums and Attractions Like the Louvre Are Offering Free Virtual Tours. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/life\/travel\/a31784720\/best-virtual-tours\/<\/p>\n

How to Virtually Explore Top Philadelphia Attractions. (n.d.). Retrieved from https:\/\/www.visitphilly.com\/articles\/philadelphia\/virtually-explore-top-philadelphia-attractions\/#the-academy-of-natural-sciences-of-drexel-university<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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